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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Russia to resume space tourism in 2018Russia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts.http://phys.org/news346396375.html
Astronomy & SpaceTue, 24 Mar 2015 06:13:02 EDTnews346396375Virgin Galactic gets back on track toward space tourismThe only thing interrupting the creosote and mesquite that make up one of New Mexico's most remote stretches of desert is a pristine runway where Virgin Galactic plans one day to launch the world's first commercial space-line.http://phys.org/news342201002.html
Astronomy & SpaceTue, 03 Feb 2015 15:50:10 EDTnews342201002Russia's pioneering days in space flight; what that meant for the US race for spaceThe Soviet Union's early interest and competitiveness in the space race is something today's space exploration enthusiasts, private companies and organizations can learn from, says a Purdue University historian.http://phys.org/news337413084.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 10 Dec 2014 06:40:01 EDTnews337413084Five space travel accidents that shaped the modern eraLast week was a particularly grim one for private space flights. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave Desert, about 150km north of Los Angeles, killing a pilot, Michael Alsbury, and seriously injuring another, Peter Siebold.http://phys.org/news334400097.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 05 Nov 2014 08:55:26 EDTnews334400097Can private space survive two explosions in four days? (Update)Fiery failures are no stranger to the space game. It's what happens when you push the boundaries of what technology can do, where people can go. And it happened again to Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.http://phys.org/news334084780.html
Astronomy & SpaceSat, 01 Nov 2014 18:50:01 EDTnews334084780Branson says space dream lives on, vows safety paramount (Update)British tycoon Richard Branson insisted Saturday his dream of commercial space travel was still alive, despite a spacecraft crash that killed one pilot and seriously injured another.http://phys.org/news334084754.html
Astronomy & SpaceSat, 01 Nov 2014 18:30:01 EDTnews334084754Questions as Virgin spaceship crashes, killing pilotVirgin's pioneering tourist-carrying spacecraft crashed on a test flight in California on Friday, killing a pilot and scattering debris across the desert—and raising questions about space tourism's future.http://phys.org/news334045942.html
Astronomy & SpaceSat, 01 Nov 2014 08:40:03 EDTnews334045942Virgin crash sets back space tourism by years: expertsThe deadly crash of Virgin Galactic's spacecraft has dealt a devastating setback to the cause of space tourism, delaying the first commercial flights to the stars by years, experts said Friday.http://phys.org/news334002895.html
Astronomy & SpaceFri, 31 Oct 2014 20:10:01 EDTnews334002895Spacecraft for tourists explodes on test flight (Update)A winged spaceship designed to take tourists on excursions beyond Earth's atmosphere exploded during a test flight Friday over the Mojave Desert, killing a pilot in the second fiery setback for commercial space travel in less than a week.http://phys.org/news333987579.html
Astronomy & SpaceFri, 31 Oct 2014 15:19:45 EDTnews333987579Is space tourism safe or do civilians risk health effects?Several companies are developing spacecraft designed to take ordinary citizens, not astronauts, on short trips into space. "Space tourism" and short periods of weightlessness appear to be safe for most individuals according to a series of articles on space biomedicine published in New Space.http://phys.org/news333893056.html
Astronomy & SpaceThu, 30 Oct 2014 13:04:30 EDTnews333893056Building the Lynx spacecraftReady, set … launch? That's what XCOR is hoping to accomplish as the company continues building its Lynx spacecraft prototype.http://phys.org/news331977326.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 08 Oct 2014 08:55:38 EDTnews331977326Wealthy Chinese buy space flight tickets: reportMore than 300 Chinese space enthusiasts have booked tickets costing nearly $100,000 for a five minute trip to outer space, official media reported Friday.http://phys.org/news321847138.html
Astronomy & SpaceFri, 13 Jun 2014 03:20:01 EDTnews321847138California vies for new space industryCalifornia is racing other states to woo new private companies planning to take people on trips to space.http://phys.org/news296634049.html
Astronomy & SpaceSun, 25 Aug 2013 07:30:01 EDTnews296634049PayPal launches quest for intergalactic currencyEarthbound financial transactions service PayPal launched a quest for an intergalactic currency, saying it is time to figure out what space travelers will use as cash.http://phys.org/news291518735.html
TechnologyThu, 27 Jun 2013 02:40:01 EDTnews291518735Space tourism won't hurt environment, Branson saysBritish billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change.http://phys.org/news287649195.html
Astronomy & SpaceMon, 13 May 2013 07:50:01 EDTnews287649195Commercial space travel carries implications for health(Phys.org)—Just a half-century after the first human ventured into space, commercial space travel—or "space tourism"—is quickly becoming a reality. A new UCSF study looks at the health implications of flying into outer space and suggests establishing health screening standards for private citizens who want to blast off.http://phys.org/news274949831.html
Astronomy & SpaceMon, 17 Dec 2012 06:57:19 EDTnews274949831'First' Pakistan astronaut wants to make peace in spaceOnce you've been to both poles, skydived over Mount Everest and set up your country's first consulate in Monaco, the question is: what next?http://phys.org/news270440068.html
Astronomy & SpaceFri, 26 Oct 2012 03:15:43 EDTnews270440068Branson: Virgin space project keeps being delayed(AP)—British billionaire Richard Branson says his space tourism project keeps being pushed back and isn't sure of an exact date for the first launch.http://phys.org/news270306572.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 24 Oct 2012 14:30:09 EDTnews270306572SwRI to build miniature solar observatory for manned suborbital flightSouthwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received funding from NASA to build a miniature, portable solar observatory for developing and testing innovative instrumentation in suborbital flight.http://phys.org/news270203348.html
Astronomy & SpaceTue, 23 Oct 2012 10:00:01 EDTnews270203348Singer Sarah Brightman to become space tourist (Update)British singer Sarah Brightman revealed on Wednesday that Russia will launch her as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) in a multi-million dollar voyage aimed at "realising dreams".http://phys.org/news269077713.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 10 Oct 2012 08:48:41 EDTnews269077713Spaceport is built, but who will come?New Mexico Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson says it will be New Mexico's Sydney Opera House. Virgin Galactic Chairman Richard Branson has hinted it will host the first of his new brand of lifestyle hotels. And the eclectic hot springs town of Truth or Consequences has been anxiously awaiting all the economic development the nearly quarter-of-a-billion-dollar project is supposed to bring to this largely rural part of southern New Mexico.http://phys.org/news267597948.html
Astronomy & SpaceSun, 23 Sep 2012 05:46:25 EDTnews267597948Richard Branson hails 'extraordinary' Neil Armstrong British tycoon Richard Branson, whose company is launching a space tourism programme, on Sunday hailed the late US astronaut Neil Armstrong as "an extraordinary individual".http://phys.org/news265274049.html
Astronomy & SpaceMon, 27 Aug 2012 08:14:18 EDTnews265274049Branson to take kids on first space tourist trip (Update) British tycoon Richard Branson said Wednesday his children would join him on the first of his Virgin Galactic space flights, as he unveiled a new satellite launching service.http://phys.org/news261219133.html
Astronomy & SpaceWed, 11 Jul 2012 09:52:21 EDTnews261219133Space -- the next frontier for Hillary Clinton? She has been the US secretary of state, a senator and nearly became president, but Hillary Clinton joked Thursday that she might want to try another role -- space tourist.http://phys.org/news254663662.html
Astronomy & SpaceThu, 26 Apr 2012 12:54:38 EDTnews254663662$7M spaceport runway extension OK'd(AP) -- The nearly two-mile-long runway at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico will have to be extended to accommodate Virgin Galactic's sleek rocket-powered spacecraft, spaceport officials confirmed Thursday.http://phys.org/news252297833.html
Astronomy & SpaceFri, 30 Mar 2012 04:10:04 EDTnews252297833US ramping up private sector's role in spaceflightThe first flight of a commercial vessel to the International Space Station in late April will signal a bigger role for the private sector and open up space tourism opportunities, industry experts and lawmakers say.http://phys.org/news251919439.html
Astronomy & SpaceSun, 25 Mar 2012 19:00:01 EDTnews251919439Singapore family books $1 million Virgin space flight A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday.http://phys.org/news240467303.html
Astronomy & SpaceMon, 14 Nov 2011 04:40:01 EDTnews240467303Branson and NM officials dedicate space terminal (Update)With his usual flair, British billionaire Richard Branson rappelled from a balcony, shook up a big bottle of champagne and took a swig while christening the world's first built-from-scratch commercial spaceport on Monday.http://phys.org/news238092271.html
Astronomy & SpaceMon, 17 Oct 2011 17:44:38 EDTnews238092271California desert spaceship factory completed Space tourism is closer to reality.http://phys.org/news235740738.html
Astronomy & SpaceTue, 20 Sep 2011 12:34:44 EDTnews235740738Russia to reopen space tourism in 2013: companyRussia will reopen its Soyuz space ships to paying tourists in 2013 after a hiatus since 2009, the US-based company that organises the trips with Russia's space agency said Wednesday.http://phys.org/news214053868.html
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